This is my commuter,a GT Nomad hybrid, and it's also going on a fully self supported one week tour of the Oregon coast in September (of course, the sexy milk crate will be replaced with Panniers for that one). I was in the bike shop yesterday and they had a used suntour suspension fork in the corner (much like the one that came on this bike), I picked it up and was amazed at how heavy it was. I bet it was 7-8 pounds. I couldn't believe I was lugging that thing around on my commute. I never (or nearly never) leave the pavement (I have a mtn. bike for that). So it got me to thinking and I found this Chro-mo trekking fork on Nashbar: http://www.nashbar.com/profile.cfm?c...20Road%20Forks

It's weight is about 3 pounds, and I got it at 10% off thanks to the coupon forum. Granted there is a level of comfort from the suspension fork, but I put on the aero bars and those really help a lot. I'm guessing it will be saving me 4-5 pounds. What do you think? My commute is 4 days a week, 13.2 miles r/t. Good cost/reward?

Bikes: a mountain bike with a cargo box on the back and aero bars on the front. an old well-worn dahon folding bike

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Rigid forks are nice.

The only other thing I'd suggest is seeing what you can get if you put a wanted ad on craigslist's bikes section... if you're near a major city. Might find a rigid fork that suits you just as well for only $10.